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Show UNREST il iiifi REPORTED GRAVE Baplists Assert Missions in South Are Besieged By Hungry Ihrongs .r:w YORK, 8ept . Economic q ndltlons in Inoie ere now the worst ,n tio- paBI is v.nrs, according to a survey b) the American Baptist Eor-olgn Eor-olgn Missionary society msde public today. The report describes a slate of un-l un-l rest with political and social disorders Isuch as India bus not Known for ccn-turi'- if ever." "Conditions In south India have equalled the eorat .-.r kpown fo tho piliabitants Of tltnt poverty stricken country," it continues. i mi- mission stations besieged day ni'i night by throngs of hungry peo-i peo-i . rylhg for food, were able to of-n of-n r bit slight aid. the appeal was so great." Men and women ihrouph BllCSr ra!uuss starseied about like drunken people, Suffering was Intensified by .lack Ol drinking water, while an epl-demii epl-demii of Dhple re took great toll of human life. Historic obi ih nle tree! were stiip- pod of all foliage to pro-. Ide fodder for tl.e cattle In ordinary times the lopping lop-ping off of a smle branch of one of j these would have been considered a crime." |